It is necessary for some people to wear shoes indoors. For example my wife who has diabetes and balance issues due to a variety of health problems, wears her shoes in the house both to protect her feet and to help her with balance. Since she rarely goes out, her shoes are pretty clean.

I am with you regarding folks pushing their chairs in when they get up. It bothers me too when chairs are left out. However, I am unusually picky about everything being in its place which, no doubt, annoys my wife sometimes.

It is necessary for some people to wear shoes indoors. For example my wife who has diabetes and balance issues due to a variety of health problems, wears her shoes in the house both to protect her feet and to help her with balance. Since she rarely goes out, her shoes are pretty clean.

I am with you regarding folks pushing their chairs in when they get up. It bothers me too when chairs are left out. However, I am unusually picky about everything being in its place which, no doubt, annoys my wife sometimes.

fair do's with situations like your wifes .. I just think most folks don't understand the amount of filth that is on their shoes that they pay no mind to and track through a home

I'm so anal about the chair thing it even irks me in restaurants ... I have a place I frequent that has killer homemade soup on their salad bar .. I ( on my way to the salad bar ) will push people chairs in that they leave out .. .I don't get it .. these idiots know others are there and will be walking up to the salad bar as well but they still just push themselves away from the table and leave the chair so all they have to do is sit their lazy ass back down when they get back to the table

fair do's with situations like your wifes .. I just think most folks don't understand the amount of filth that is on their shoes that they pay no mind to and track through a home

I'm so anal about the chair thing it even irks me in restaurants ... I have a place I frequent that has killer homemade soup on their salad bar .. I ( on my way to the salad bar ) will push people chairs in that they leave out .. .I don't get it .. these idiots know others are there and will be walking up to the salad bar as well but they still just push themselves away from the table and leave the chair so all they have to do is sit their lazy ass back down when they get back to the table

jerks

It does seem as if many people are completely oblivious to their own actions or lack there of. I like to think they are so overwhelmed by their own issues that they have no ability to think about others....but then, maybe they are just plain rude and inconsiderate.

Before I retired, a coworker who workeswing-shiftft, would use my desk in the evening. That wouldn't have been a problem except he'd leave a mess and make changes to my computer. Finally, I kicked him out of my office. I arranged for him to have is own desk and computer in a storeroom where he could make all the mess he wanted. Good thing too, because he was caught downloading and saving inappropriate files (porn) on his computer. It is crazy what some folks do at work....especially considering we worked for a K-12 school district. He lost computer privileges for three years....which just made more work for me because I had to do his work which required the use of a computer, such as ordering supplies, submitting work orders and keeping various logs. Aside from being somewhat stupid, he is a nice guy. He still works for the district. Hopefully, he learned his lesson and stays on the straight and narrow these days.

We don't wear shoes around the house, but we don't ask guests to remove them when entertaining either. I just scrub the floor the next day. If it's really yucky out, most guests will just automatically take their shoes off. It would be really embarrassing for friends to go home with dirty socks.

My husband came downstairs one time wearing his shoes and I was like WTF? You take your shoes off when you come in the house, take 'em upstairs and put them in the closet. Do you think there's little elves up there cleaning them off?

We don't wear shoes around the house, but we don't ask guests to remove them when entertaining either. I just scrub the floor the next day. If it's really yucky out, most guests will just automatically take their shoes off. It would be really embarrassing for friends to go home with dirty socks.

My husband came downstairs one time wearing his shoes and I was like WTF? You take your shoes off when you come in the house, take 'em upstairs and put them in the closet. Do you think there's little elves up there cleaning them off?

You might consider getting one of those shoe cases for your front hall or by the back door. These are common in Europe/Germany and they are usually kept near the front door. This way one's shoes are at the ready when they go out for the paper, the mail or whatever.

We have a tiled floor in the entrance hall. I generally take my shoes off as I come in and leave them on the tile unless we are having company. We use our front door a lot more often than the back door most of the year except in the summer when we hang out on the back patio more.

I have never asked company to remove their shoes. Frankly, although we have a very nice house and a lifetime collection of fine items like Persian and Oriental rugs....nothing is that precious. In fact the dogs track in dirt all the time on the wool carpeting. I am forever vacuuming their mess up. They don't put their toys away either....just like kids. LOL.

My husband came downstairs one time wearing his shoes and I was like WTF? You take your shoes off when you come in the house, take 'em upstairs and put them in the closet. Do you think there's little elves up there cleaning them off?